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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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